Reel-holder for fishing-rods



(No Model.)

J. BROWER.

REEL HOLDER FOR FISHING RODS.

IN VENTOR Patented Oct. 4, 1887.

W- AQM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BROWER, or LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

REEL-HOLDER FOR FISHING-RODS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 870,925, dated October 4, 1887.

Application filed July 14, 1887. Serial No. 244,309. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom, it may concern:

Be itknown' that I, JosEPH BROWER, of Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reel-Holders for Fishing- Rods, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in a seat of novel construction for the reels of fishing-rods, and in certain sliding bands used in connection with said seat for securing and liberating the reel when required, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

7 The invention is more particularlydesigned to be used upon Japanese or bamboo fishingrods, on which there are knots or protuberances that restrict the sliding of a circular reel-holding thimble over them, but it is applicable to any kind or size of fishing-rod.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal exterior view of a portion of a fishing-rod with my improved reel-holder applied. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section of the same upon the line 00 as in Fig. 1, said sectional view also showing a reel in position as secured by the holder. Fig. 3 is a transverse section upon the lineyy in Fig; 1, and Fig. 4 a top view of the reelseat with the sliding bands in place thereon.

A indicates the rod in part, B the reel-seat, C O the sliding bands thereon, and D a reel secured by said bands on the seat.

The reel-seat B is composed of a metal plate of any desired length, arranged to be in direction of the length of the rod. This plate is of arched shape in direction of its width, and isformed with offsets 7) b at its opposite ends, constructed to elevate the body of the plate sufficiently from the rod to allow of the slidas shown at 0, whereby said offset ends bear down at their edges upon the rod, regardless of the size of it diametrically, and thus adapt the metal seat B to different-sized rods. The seat B is fastened at its offset ends I) b upon the rod by alashing, d, screws e, or otherwise.

The metal bands CO,which clip or embrace in a free sliding manner the body of the seat B, are of segmental form in direction of their width and of tapering shape in direction of their length, with their larger ends innermost, and of a suitable size internally to receive within or through them theinclined footportions ff of thereel D, so that on forcing the metal bands toward each other they will securely wedge or hold the reel in position on the seat B, and upon sliding said bands in reverse direction-will liberate the reel from its seat on the rod.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a reel holder for fishing rods, the transversely-arched longitudinal plate forming the reel-seat B, constructed with depressed offset ends I) b, ofsemi-oval shape or quickened curvature transversely, and sliding bands thereon, in combination,substantially as shown offset ends b b, and the segmentalshaped tapering bands 0 0, arranged to slide on said plate to clamp the reel-plate in position, substantially as shown and described.

. JOSEPH BROWER.

Witnesses:

M. O. ALFORD, J. W. BROWNING. 

